geminate

English

Etymology

From Latin geminātus, perfect passive participle of geminō (“I double”).

Pronunciation 1

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈdʒɛm.ɪ.nət/

Adjective

geminate (not comparable)

1. Forming a pair.
   • 2008, Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words”

     For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds).

Translations

forming a pair

• Dutch: paarwijze (nl), gepaard (nl)

• Russian: удвоенный (ru) (udvójennyj)

Pronunciation 2

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈdʒɛm.ɪ.neɪt/

Verb

geminate (third-person singular simple present geminates, present participle geminating, simple past and past participle geminated)

1. To arrange in pairs.
2. To occur in pairs.

Derived terms

• gemination

Related terms

• Gemini

Translations

arrange in pairs

• Dutch: paren (nl), in (nl) paren (nl) ordenen (nl)

• Russian: удваивать (ru) (udváivat') impf., удвоить (ru) (udvóit') pf.

occur in pairs

• Dutch: paarwijze (nl) voorkomen (nl)

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Italian

Verb

geminate

1. second-person plural present indicative of geminare
2. second-person plural imperative of geminare
3. Feminine plural of geminato

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Latin

Participle

gemināte

1. vocative masculine singular of geminātus